Psalms 28
1 Of David. Unto you, O Lord, do I cry; my rock, be not deaf to me: lest, through holding your peace, I become like those who go down to the pit.
Yahweh, I call out to you; [you are like an overhanging] rock [under which I can hide]. Do not refuse to answer me, because if you are silent, I will soon be with those who are in their graves.
2 Hear my loud entreaty, as I cry for help to you, lifting my hands, O Lord, towards your holy chancel.
Listen to me when I call out for you [to help me], when I pray, lifting up my hands as I face your sacred temple.
3 Take me not off with the wicked, nor with the workers of wrong, whose speech to their neighbours is friendly, while evil is in their heart.
Do not drag me away with wicked people, with those who do wicked deeds, with those who pretend [to act] peacefully toward others while in their inner beings, they hate them.
4 Give them as they have done, as their wicked deeds deserve. As their hands have wrought, so give to them: requite to them their deserts.
Punish those people in the way that they deserve for what they have done; punish them for their evil deeds [DOU].
5 They are blind to all that the Lord does, to all that his hands have wrought; and so he will tear them down, to build them up no more.
Yahweh, they do not pay attention to the [wonderful] things that you have done and that you have created; so get rid of them permanently and do not let them appear again!
6 Blest be the Lord, who has heard my voice as I plead for mercy.
Praise Yahweh because he has heard me when I called out for him to help me!
7 The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him. I was helped: so my heart is exultant, and in my song I will praise him.
Yahweh makes me strong and [protects] me [like a shield] [MET]; I trusted in him, and he helped me. I was glad, and from my inner being I praised him as I sang to him.
8 The Lord is the strength of his people, the fortress who saves his anointed.
Yahweh causes us to be strong and protects us; and he saves me, the one he appointed [MTY] to be king.
9 O save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd and carry them forever.
Yahweh, save/rescue your people; bless those who belong to you. [Take care of them like] a shepherd [takes care of his sheep] [MET]; take care of them forever.
